Girl students of Class 6 to 10 in all government schools in will receive self-DEFENCE training, an official said. Girl students would be trained in self-defence to defend themselves, special secretary, Education department, Bhim Thatal said.
Thatal said self-defence training is also to inculcate discipline in the students as well as to prepare them for future obstacles.
Girl students will be trained in taekwondo, karate, boxing and kickboxing, he said.
Bodoland may well be the key to the formation of the next government inAssam.
But Hagrama Mohilarys BPF ridiculed Boros poll math. In the third phase we, as Mahajot, will win over 25 seats out of 40, said Mohilary, predicting BPF victory on all eight seats it contested in the third phase.
Mohilarys predictions for the Mahajot in the 126-member Assam assembly are modest he gives 70 seats to the Congress-led alliance. This is far lower than the 100 plus predictions by several top Congress leaders.
TheOdishagovernment has asked the commissionerate Police to revive pink auto-rickshaw service, which has been lying in moribund stage for the last four years in Bhubaneswar.
The pink auto service was introduced in Bhubaneswar in the wake of harassment of Women by several auto-rickshaw drivers here in the past. A number of drivers were arrested in Bhubaneswar in 2013-14 on charges of molestation, eve-teasing, theft, harassment of passengers and forging identity cards. Working women had been alleging that it became risky to pass by auto-rickshaw stands in the evening as most of the drivers remained drunk and passed lewd comments.
A study is being conducted to find out the routes that would be viable for successful plying of the pink auto service.
Nadus food grain production for 2020-21 is not likely to exceed the target of 125 lakh tonnes. Officials of the Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture Department attribute the possible under-performance to the adverse impact of Cyclones Nivar and Burevi, which struck the State in November and December last year, and the unseasonal rain in February this year.
According to data compiled after the second estimate, the overall figure is 108.26 lakh tonnes. The third estimate figures, which are likely to come out by September, will include the production achieved through crops that have been planted after the Samba season and are expected to be harvested in the coming months.
For 2019-20, the figure went up from 101.02 lakh tonnes (after the second estimate) to 115.02 lakh tonnes (after the third). If a similar pattern occurs, the tally may touch around 120 lakh tonnes.
But for the natural calamities, the production would have exceeded the target because, in terms of area under paddy, the State had exceeded the target by about 3.75 lakh hectares, the officials said. Compared with the targeted 16.515 lakh hectares, the coverage was 20.256 lakh hectares.
This was nearly 1.3 lakh hectares more than what was recorded during 2019-20. As for the total food grains, including Millets and pulses, 38.33 lakh hectares were covered as against the target of 37.75 lakh hectares. Again, this was around 1.66 lakh hectares higher than the 2019-20 figure.
AsKeralagoes topolls, many of ourmigrant workersare heading Home to exercise their franchise inWest Bengal,AssamandTamil Nadu.
DespiteCovid protocols and skyrocketing travel expenses amid job uncertainties, they know that thiswill have a major bearing on their lives as these are the first polls after the pandemic began last year. They will elect only those candidates whom they believe will take care of their needs in times ofadversityand provide better living andeconomic conditions.
During the pandemic, Andhra Pradesh and Haryana passed laws to reserve jobs for residents and Jharkhand, Rajasthan, MP, Gujarat, Maharashtra, and Karnataka are following suit. DMKs election manifesto promises 75% job-reservation for Tamils if they are voted to power.
SSK Savaji Hotels Owners Association (Hubballi) has been formed to popularise Savaji food across the country and also to get GI (geographical indication) tag for the traditional Savaji food, one of the delicious and popularnonvegcuisine ofnorth Karnataka. The association, a state-level body, has over 200 hoteliers as members now.
Savaji food is popular in north Karnataka districts, mainly Belagavi, Dharwad, Gadag,Bagalkotand Koppal. Looking at it popularity and taste, many big hotels have also included Savaji food in their menu.
Faced with a financial crunch and increasingexpenditure, theTelangana governmentwill be going for a Rs 47,500 croreloanthis financial year. As part of the first instalment to raise the loans in the form of , the State Government has got permission to raise Rs 8,000 crore from theReserve Bank Of India(RBI). This amount will be raised from April to June in multiple instalments.
In the month of April, the government has planned to raise Rs 3,000 crore. Bonds worth Rs 1,000 crore were raised in the first 15 days of April, and another Rs 1,000 crore will be raised on the 27th of this month. The willborrowRs 3,000 crore each in May and June through the auction at RBI.
Till last budget, the state government had earmarked 17% of the funds for repaying the loans and interest payment. Since the formation of the state, the government has borrowed Rs 4 lakh crore either in the form of loans or guarantees.
TheWaltair divisionof East Coast RAILWAY has startedspecial trainsof mangoes fromVizianagaramon Wednesday. The railways is running special express trains from Vizianagaram as part of its commitment to ensure uninterrupted supply of essential commodities.
Vizianagaram is the nodal point for transport of mangoes from northAndhra PradeshtoAdarsh Nagarin the country’s capital Delhi for transport of mangoes.
The first ‘mango special’ train of this season started with 200 tonnes of mangoes in 11,600 boxes to New Adarshnagar railway station at New Delhi. In the last financial year Waltair Division has transported 4350 tons of mangoes in 20 mango parcel special trains.
The has issued a work order to ConvergenceEnergyServices Limited for commissioning ofsolarPV systems at 151 households in Sanguem, Quepem, Sattari and Canacona to provideelectricitywith comprehensive maintenance contract for five years under the Remote Village Electrification Programme (RVE).
As per the cabinet decision, the work order is issued for the tender to design, manufacture, supply, install, test and commission a 500 Wp Solar condition system at 151 households, at the rate of Rs 43,000 each and six Home lighting systems at the rate of Rs 20,000 each in Goa with comprehensive maintenance contract for five years under RVE.
Under the scheme, 100% financial assistance will be provided to households, with an upper limit of Rs 90,000 per household, for a 500 Wp Solar System. Each household will be charged monthly electricity charges, as determined by the government, depending on the number of units consumed.
At least 5,318 hectares of notified forest land in Maharashtra have been affected by wildfires between January and March this year, according to forest department data.
This marks a 74% percent increase from the 3,056 hectares of forest land affected during the same period in 2020, the data showed. However, fire counts (in ) correspondingly went up by 16% this year, indicating significantly more intense incidents this year.
As per the data, Gadchirolis Sironcha forest division was the most affected, with 551 hectares of land coming under the influences of forest fires. The Nagpur forest division (under the Nagpur circle) and the Jalgaon forest division (under Dhule circle) also faced comparable losses, with 398 and 447 hectares of area lost to fire, respectively. The same figures for these divisions during January to March last year stood at 5 and 24 hectares respectively.
Notably this year, even areas like Melghat, where the fire department has seen relative success in mitigating the impact of forest fires in recent year, are once again seeing an uptick in the quantum of forest area affected by wildfires.